Thursday, November 24, 2005

~gambutrol n psychotic-epileptic disorder~

Ok guys, I looked up Katzung, found no Gambutrol there. But there is a drug with a very similar name, Gabitril which is a anti-seizure drug. Hmm and they also state that withdrawal of antiseizure drugs can cause increased seizure frequency and severity. Apart from that tiny bit of info available from Katzung, I got this off the net for your reading pleasure. And in the process of finding this I came across a number of blogs of medical students from Malaysia, US etc discussing the validity of the condition and the existence of such drugs! Quite cool... haha so we are not the only curious ones!

Luv,
Harti

Q.In your review of "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," you wrote, "You didn't ask, but in my opinion, she had psychotic epileptic disorder, but it could have been successfully treated by the psychosomatic effect of exorcism if those drugs hadn't blocked the process."

I have news for you, there is no such thing as a "psychotic epileptic disorder/seizure." The symptomatology of psychosis and epilepsy do not correlate. Next time, please base your opinion on something that the fields of psychiatry and psychology acknowledge.

Jonathan Fink, psychologist, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

A: Scott Derrickson, director of "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," replies: "It's true that 'psychotic epileptic disorder' is not the name of any real medical condition -- nor is the drug 'Gambutrol' real, for that matter. The use of the actual names of recognized medical conditions and pharmaceuticals in movies typically must be changed for legal and copyright purposes.

"To further address your concerns, it should be noted that in the film, the name 'psychotic epileptic disorder' is meant to be taken as a dubious medical term -- one that has been invented by the doctor on the witness stand. And the fact that the symptoms of psychosis and epilepsy do not correlate is pointed out by the defense, but that certainly doesn't negate the possibility that a person can have both conditions at once.

"This is all, however, beside the point, really. I can't speak for you, but it seemed quite obvious to me that your last paragraph was not intended as a literal evaluation of Emily Rose's condition or potential cure, but rather a symbolic acknowledgement that there are merits to both sides of the court case, and that the truth probably lies somewhere in the murky overlap between them."

Ebert again: Derrickson may have been too quick to write off psychotic epileptic disorder, Dr. Barton Odom, philosophy professor at Tarleton State University, informs me: "According to epilepsy.com, there are several syndromes in which the symptomatologies of psychosis and epilepsy do indeed correlate. So your sentence was correct as written: there is such a thing as psychotic epileptic disorder (several, in fact)."

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